ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Blancher

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈblænt͡ʃɚ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Blancher is a noun meaning One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.

Meaning

One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.

More Meanings

  1. A machine for blanching or whitening.
  2. (obsolete) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.

Example Sentences

And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer from her.
18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel.

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Related dictionary entries include decolorant, whitening, whitener, decolorizer, bleaching, bluing.

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